diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3a8a61cf3a..ddc4cfe108 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [14.23.1-patch1] - 2024-01-31
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fix Route53 list hosted zones to avoid pagination issue.
@@ -1068,7 +1070,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/giantswarm/aws-operator/compare/v14.23.1...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/giantswarm/aws-operator/compare/v14.23.1-patch1...HEAD
+[14.23.1-patch1]: https://github.com/giantswarm/aws-operator/compare/v14.23.1...v14.23.1-patch1
 [14.23.1]: https://github.com/giantswarm/aws-operator/compare/v14.23.0...v14.23.1
 [14.23.0]: https://github.com/giantswarm/aws-operator/compare/v14.22.0...v14.23.0
 [14.22.0]: https://github.com/giantswarm/aws-operator/compare/v14.21.0...v14.22.0
diff --git a/pkg/project/project.go b/pkg/project/project.go
index 13f38d847f..94bfe6135e 100644
--- a/pkg/project/project.go
+++ b/pkg/project/project.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var (
 	gitSHA             = "n/a"
 	name        string = "aws-operator"
 	source      string = "https://github.com/giantswarm/aws-operator"
-	version            = "14.23.1"
+	//version            = "14.23.1-patch1"
 )
 
 func Description() string {
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@ func Source() string {
 }
 
 func Version() string {
-	return version
+	return "14.23.1"
 }